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Re-elected president
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Memories Thrill Bruce
County Old-Timers
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More Than" 450 Manitobans Attend
Annual Reunion OfAssociation.
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FORMER BELFAST RESIDENT.
' PASSES. NEAR'‘PAISLEY
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■"“TMen’s/Overans/WorkPants,-Work
Shirts, J Mitts,; Socks,J? Etc. — THE
MARKET STORE.
$2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE; $2,50 OTHERWISE ‘
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raw.;
.... FOR SALE—Quantity of Hay.
Enquire of J. W. Joynt, Lucknow?
HAY FOR SALE—One stack 1934
Alfalfa hay. — Frank H. Miller,
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- BUYIN Gr
at Lucknow and Ripley everySatur
day. —Ernest & .Harvey Adcert.. ;
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LGJST—-A pocketbook containing a
.. sum of ^money- in Lucknow. ’ Finder
. please leave at the Sentinel Office. - -
ANTED:—Experienced farm help
^—either married couple, ho children,.
Qr a farih hand, and also a house-
; ..keeper,, Will hire by? year.^Apply at
/'•* SEED CLEANING—We are how
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prepared to do any class , of seed
cleaning,- small seeds or. course grain?
S. E. Robertson,
’Phone 60-W, Lucknow.
We have? bulk, Cooper’s Dri-Kil
an English preparation, the best on
'thF mafket "for killing lice. 0F horses,
cattle, hogs and poultry.— ? . ..
. ?.:.WM. MURDIE & ?SQN
NOTICE RE LOGS .
Our Lo^yard is now open. We are
ropen to^buy .some-basswood logs -a-nd-
Will, give good’grades and measure
ment; . We would like to have all
logs in * by4 February 20th. Please
bring them in as. soon as. possible.
Signed,
" THE LUCKNOW TABLE CO., LTD.
ENTERTAINMENT AND DANCE
. Lucknow: :U. FrO: Club is spbnsof-
. ■ ihg ar Valentine /(entertainment and
dance in the Town Hall, Lucknow,
Friday, February 15 th. Mildmay
Night Owls. Orchestra will present a
concert of music and song and will
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Respected Resident of
Kintail Passes Suddenly
Murdodi /McGi^ In
Ashfieid Arid Lucknow • Laid? To
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Death came suddenly, early .Thurs
day morning- to Murdoch, MeGregpr
of,'Kihtail,—and • brought grief and
tsoyrow, not oply to? his wife and
family and relative^,’but to his com
munity, where he7 was very highly?
respected ^nd where he willGbe sorely
missed in-.~jtfe. social connection. •
- Mr. McGregoj, has for a long per?-,
fod, .been in poor health arid for more
than , a . year has been unable to pur
sue (his work. Howeveri he seemed
. s.Q.m:ewhat improved of late -^ncT his
.death came quite suddenly after ail
acute illness of but a few hours.
One of a family of twelve sons of
the late Mr* and Mrs. Alex McGregor
the deceased was born 57 years ago
at the family home,= about 1% . miles
ndrth .Pf Kintail, and for thp .past
seven or eight years has been resid
ing in ' Kintail. ' . 7 . . '
A lifelong carppnter .by trade; Mr.
McGregor has done considerable . of
this work in the village, where he is
favorably known. He spent some sev-
eyen,teen years in Alberta, where he
married his, now bereft wife, formerly
Savila Neilson, who With her family
of one ^daughter Grace, and //three
sons, George, Donald and Gordon, all
at home, -mourn the passing of hus-.
band and father. :
Eight brothers -also - survive:.
Charles'or'Waterloo; Hector in Texas
Will and Alex in Alberta; Roderick;
Colin and Fred of Ashfield and'Trifn-
ald of Lucknow*. Two brothers died
in. infancy, and the eldest brother
John, died in Texas, some thirty
LUCKNOW. jONT., THUftSDAY^FEBRUARY 14th, 1935
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SISTER^ UNDERGO SIMILAR
OPERATION WITHIN MONTH
, Kathleen Thoip». daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E^ J. gThom? undgrwe^T . a:
successful appendicitis.' operation! • in :■
;Mi»ngham,iHospitaLshprtly-^after .^nid^-
’night'on Saturday, exactly four, weeks
arid almost to.. the: hour; . after her
sister " Helen,. jsiudent niirse,. uhder-
went a similar ? operation in Peter
borough Hospital; / ? ' y ■ ’ ;
As well it .was just-six . weeks since
^Kathleen had been taken to Winghafn
TIospital, at which time it was hot
considered advisable to operate. She
returned home about ten. days later,
but when seized with a second attack:
on -Saturday,,^
Wingham and an emergency opera*-
tion performed. A “ - *
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Commences Training >
Honored By Friends
Trio of Presentations Made Audrey
Henderson Last Week Prior To
Commencing . Nursing Course In
Walkerton. - ..
LUCKNOW, WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
~ THeT^ebruary me^
men’s Institute was held at the home
of Mrs." W. V. Johnston, with the.
president, .Mrs. Charles Steward in
the chair. The roll call was Well res-?
ponded to by “Don’ts for the Sick
Room”. Dr. „W. ’V.' johnston; gaveja
.. •>'...very interesting and instructive ad'-:
r--—dress—on“the’‘td^iC"^uHealth",—dealing*
particularly with the common cold,
~ ;r its causes^ effects 2nd treatment. and
also on disinfecting a cut or wound.
Readings contributed by Mrs. H. G.
Sheriff and Miss Isabel Douglas
were enjoyed, as was also community
singing, with Mrs. John McKendrick
presiding at the piano. At the Close
of the meeting tea was Served by the
" . directors in charge, Mrs, Johnston
and Mrs. Greer. A vote of. thanks
Was extended, to the hostess and all
who took part in the progtam.
An evening recently, wte watched
a few moments, some young chaps
having heaps of fun on- an iced, to
boggan slide.. The walled slide has
been b®?/j>.down the terraced lawn
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Win.-
McKenzie and the toboggans come
speeding 'down the (incline, dip into
a ditch, leap (up' o.ver the roadway and
drop down into., the Jower lot1 at the
Anglican Church parsonage?
The fun the young fellows were
having in this, thrilling winter sport
makes one' stop to think, that it is
unfbrtunate that the Caledonian, hill
is^riot made use of in this way. What
a speedway iced slides on this- steep
slope wouldlmake. ■*. i ’
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' . McMHXAN—In* the Village of.
Luckri'qW, on Wedesday, February 6.
tp Mr. and Mrs/ Robs McMilfan, of
‘ l^inloss (nee Chrissy McKenzie), a
™'^’daugK|er.rt''';'
MITCHELL—Sunday, Feb. 3rd,
" *1936; at .Chaiigte-bb, tyerth Hortan,
. ’ Chifia, to Rev. and Mrs.„.W. H. Mit
chell (Bee Helen Craw), a daughter.
^ CttIfein_. Luc^khow,^ Sunday,
.February lOtfy to Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Chin,, a daughter. ,
'The" l$t$st gamble is on Which of
the Dion’ne quintuplets will cut the
first tooth.
mothe^ditd^jiTst^
The funeral service on- Saturday
was conducted by his • pastor, Rev;
j. K. MapGillivray of Ashfield Pres-
byterian Church...lwith...Jnterftient—in.
Kintail cemetery.-- . ■ ’ .
. The pallbearers were; George Col
linson, Dan McLean, Con. O’Keefe and
Richard, Harry and .Robert McDonald..
" OF/“CENT A .MILE” -EXCURSION
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~^Fhe“”6rNTRr~“Cent-a“ Mile’’"^xcuF:;'
sion was popular with Lucknow resi
dents^ over the week end, and many
from here, boarded the “iron horse”
on? Friday or Saturday, mostly .bound
for Toronto among whom were Belle
Robertson? Lillian Horne, Donalda
Douglas, Cameron Geddes, Roy Fin--
layson, L. C. and Mrs.. /Thompson,.
Thos. Boyes, Mrs.. ,Wm. McKenzie,
Mrs. Phillip Stewart, Morgan Hen-
derson, -Eddie McKenzie, Lome Mac
Donald, Jerry RathWell, Andy Thomp
son, Jack McMillan, Rod McDougali,
Mrs. Harry McQuillin and James
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SUNDAY SERVICE CHANGE
at ashfield church
The Ashfield -Presbyterian Church
has decided to ipa'ke a chan’ge in the
hours of the regular Worship Services
during the period of bad roads’ for
travelling. The change Becomes ef
fective ’ beginning February 17th .as
follows:—
In place di the usual morning* ser
vice at. 11 o’clock and the evenirtg
service at .7.30, there/Will be just one
service held at 2 p.m? It is believed
that the attendance at one service, at
this h®ui; will be greater than the
combined atendanc.es... at the two re-
gulai* services while the roads are
in their present, condition, resulting
in the greatdr good of the greater?
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, The Y* ,P. Society are .having a.
Valentine-social, Friday "'evening, at
8 p.nu ' .
F&RMER RESIDENT BEREAVED
The death occurred L Detroit oil
Monclay, of Franklin Shields, beloved
husband of Laura Snelgrove, daugh
ter of Mrs; Lauretta Snelgrbvd arid
the lath Robert Snelgrove, former
Lucknow residents. Mr. .Shield’s: was
32 years of age,, his death being due
to heart trouble; The young couple
were married in 1925. The funeral
is being held todajr from hi-s parental,
tefy , at Goderich.
Miss Audrey-Hepderson commenced
her duties as a student .nurse in
' Bruce County Hospital in Walkerton
on Monday?' and, prior to her depart
ure, this popular, young'lady, active
in the United Church-, was the recip
ient of , several nice gifts presented
at various occasioris; "during,., the. .past.
Week-.' —1 ~
On Wednesday afternoon last, a
surprise party and ’ handkerchief
shower was held in her honour at
the home dfher^Sunday. School teach
er, Mrs. Robert Rae. Contests " and
games were, enjoyed and lunch served.
A paper doll, representing a nurse
clustered, with handkerchiefs was a
unique method of making the pre
sentation. :
: Thursday ^after.no„o.n,>.„jnembers-^ot
’the''United Church choir called at
-Audrey’s""home"“and“pres"entAd~her
with a. fountain pen?" “Audrey has
been a valued member of the choir.
""“Th"a^'"'evefifng', a number of Aud
rey’s girl friends arranged for a sur
prise, party at her home, whjen the
gathering ijf four, tables played cards
with Jdhriie, Pearlman the prize Win-
ner. Audrey was presented with a?
purse. Lunch Was served and a sing-;
song enjoyed.
X '■■■I.Ml-ini'. ■»!■■■ I ■■■ I ,1 Bib'll''
The patient, toil and heroism’ of
those hardy peoplewhoTfiad-ventured
into the tangled wilderness of ’?Hie
.“Queeft’s. -Bush” and transformed it
to the well-tilled paradise, of Bruch
county waS remembered by more than
450 Manitobans 'Wednesday evening
(ast^ when the Bruce County , Qld-
TimerS’.i Association held its annual
reunion , at - the Fort Garry hotel in
Winnipeg, says the Tribune. -
. Smiles lightened all faces as these
children of' Bruce agaip met old
friends and recalled sugar bees, barn
raisings, quilting parties and all the
other features which had #been a
salve to the hardships of pioneer life.
All wore tags bearing their name
and the name of their old home town,,
arid for one ^evening all were back in
Bruce again. ,The identification cards
were openings for many reminiscences
“So you’re from Glamis,” noted
one gentleman to the lady seated by
him. ? ‘ ,
“Yes, Have you ever been there?”
“I certainly’ have. I remember
sitting outside the church waiting for
a Gaelic., service to. come. out.”.
Amusing Incidents
There were, stories. of • Teeswater,
Mildmay, ?. Kincardine, . Riversdaleft
Walkerton, Chesley, Ripley, Tiverton,
.Lucknow,, Hanover, Paisley., Tara,
Cargill," Duhkeld, Irtverhuron/ South
ampton,.* Port Elgin,* Parkhead, Al-
lenford, Wiarton, Lion’s Head, Tober
mory, and all the rest. If was a grand
evening.
Rev. J. L. McInnis of St. Andrew’s
United Church," Oak St.,. speaker of
the evening, recalled many amusing
a-dd^oss-tha-tv/as-brief-
refreshing and thoughtful. *
. —“D.o^ —y-ou-- -remember—-Twisted’
Johnston,’’ be-asked .--“He would sit
.in the' gallery fixing a telescope on
-Rev.~-T.r~Mimrrty""ifr~fhbTtbeliH
Bringing him nearer, he could hear
him better.”. . ■ i, »
“And then there was. the Sunday
school superintendent, who used to
end his devotional; exercises with the
Thee' for anither, week’.” * ;
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ALITY BAtERV
Lucknow.
Convicted of Kidnapping
Former Lucknowite Gets
Fifteen-Year Sentence
Eight—Day Trial Brought To Rapid
Conclusion Last Wednesday * And
Sentence Immediately Parsed When
Jury Delivers Verdict After One
Hour’s Deliberations.
ESCAPES LASHES
Stoutly declaring, his innocense,
David Misner, 55-years of age and a
resident of Lucknow more than thirty
years ago, was last Wednesday,; in
. London sentenced to 15 years in
Kingston penitentary by; Mr, justice
McFarland. The sentence was metejd
out immediately following the verdict
of the jury, after brie "hour’s? deliber-T
ation, which found Misner gfiilty of.
three charges, kidnapping, armed
robbery and unlawful imprisonment
Misner was sentenced to 15 years on;
each of the three counts, the Sen-
tences; however to run .concurrently,
7^ Mi^er?TalsT spelt Meisner, a was
Jirresteda_._few.weeksafterthe-a>b—
ductiim^nLAugust=AL4th r-o'f--John^S^
Labatt, wealthy London brewer, who
7Vi*as--whiskedTaway“to~a';*cbtta"ge'Mtr
Muskoka, and held for $150,000 ran
som, later to be released on the out
skirts of Toronto, when rhnsom neg
otiations were not progressing fav
orably for the. kidnappers.
--“FoHowing-;Misnef’sT'arrest,'—^police'
information stated- that Misner was
a native of Lucknow and there were
several former schoolmates in the
SOME UNWISE PARENTS
Many unwise parents are wait-
ing for their children to complain . a
of theif seeing before, taking
action.? It is not the nature of
’ children to complain of what they
can know nothing. It is the par
ents’ duty to KNOW how their,
children see. There should be no A
waiting or guessing about the
sight, of. anyone, especially that*
of a child. . \
ARMSTRONG’S Eyesight Service
FORMER PASTOR OF
" * -SALEM CIRCUIT PASSES
Rev. Hugh D. Taylor Of Exeter,
,, Succumbs To Pneumonia
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Rev. Hugh D; Taylor, M.A., B.D.,
Exeter, formerly a missionary in •-
China, died in Victoria Hospital, Lon
don;, early Monday, following a short
illness with pneumonia, He xyas in
his 45th year.
Mr. Taylor was born near Owen ‘
Sound, and prior to going*ito Exeter
was;a beloved? pastor of the Salem
Circuit,east of Kinlough. Rev. Taylor
was well known here, having, spoken -
in Lucknow on more .-tlhan one occasion
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ted .Church, Exeter, about a year ana—
a half ago and had won a high place
riri--the-^esteem“of"the-comnauhity7^He“^^_"
was t^ken seriously ill less than a
week ago.
Surviving are his widow, and four
children; - |
Funeral services were held in the
/Ehames- Road- Ghurch on -Tuesday -at -;—
1.30 p.m., after which the remains
were sent by C.N.R. about 4 p.m*
to Owen Sound where further services
were held and interment made On
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WEDDING BELLS
ALTON—WILKINS ■
A pretty winter wedding was
solemnized at Knox United ChurCh
martse, Paisley, on Saturday, Feb. -9,
at 11 o’clock" a.m., when Jessie May.
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.
C. Wilkins of Queen St. north, be
came the bride of Mr. Albert B. Alton
youngest son of Mr? and Mrs. A.
Alton of Lucknow. Rev’. R. E. Mofton
officiated. The bride’s dress was blue
cYepe, with accessories to match and
she carried a bouquet .of white roses.
The attendants were Mr. and Mrs.
J. Scott of Pirie River, relatives of
the groom. A wedding dinner was
served . at the home of the bride’s
parents,' after which' the young
couple left by motor car on a trip
to London and Detroit. For-'going
away the bride, was attired in- a
brown crepe dress, Black coat and
grey accessories. Upon their return,
Mr. and Mrs.’ Alton will take up
residence on the groom’s farm in
Ashfiejdj. Tp., near Lucknow, whither
they will be followed by the1 best
wishes of their many friends.
RAYNARD—McFARLANE
< A very pretty weeding . took place
at the United Church Parsonage,
Ethel at four o’clock, Friday, Feb
ruary 1st, when Christina, .daughter
of Mr*. and Mrs. James McFarlane,
4th qoncessionr -Grey,’ and formerly
of . the St. Hejens community, was
united in marriage to Sylvester Ray-
nard, by Rev. Penrose.
The bride wore a brown ensemble
with accessories to match. t
A delici'Ous' wedding dinner was
Served to twenty-five guests, close
relatives arid friends*.
The remainder of the evening wbs
Spent in a social way with dancing.
The happy cOuple went on a short
I honeymoon trij) to Toronto, on their
home in-Colborne to, Maitland- ceme- return taking up residence oh the
groom’s f arm, 4th concession of .Grey.
. Mr. Fred H. McAllister,, son of the
late Andrew McAllister, and a for
mer resident of the Belfast commun
ity, passed away at the home" of her
sister^ Mrs/ Thos. Irwin at~Saugeen,
near Paisley on Sunday. Mr. McAl
lister, who was in his 50th year, is a
brother of Mrs. Thomas Henry, Con.
9, Ashfield. . .
. The funeral was held to Greenhill
cemetery on Wednesday, under Ma
sonic auspices, conducted fiy members
of the Orjler' from, Listbwel, Where
Mr. McAllister resided for a number
of years. . ’
At the anntial meeting of the On
tario Aberdeen Angus Club held at
the . Carls-JRite . Hofei, . Toronto; the
last of the week', Frank^ G. Todd of
Lucknow was honored in being re-,
elected president of the association
for his fifth term. ’
MONSTER CROWD ATTENDS
REBEKAH SOCIAL EVENING
More than^ 250-paying guests at
tended the euchre -.and dance held
under Rebekah auspices ip the ToWh
Halt, ort Wednesday, night last. Forty
tables of card players taxed the . spa
cious auditorium Of the building to
capacity. Mrs. Harold/ Johnston and
Dave Her he wore' prize wmheTs wTtli
consolation prizes going to Mrs.
Howard Agnew and«. Colin Crozier? A
special prize Was awarded Mrs. Win.
Martin of Stratford, as the One com
ing the farthest distance to, attend
what proved td be One of the most en~.
tertainirig and enjoyable gatherings
of the Season. A Splendid lunch was
served and with pleasing music sup-
plied" by McCartney’s orchestra, a
dmice concluded. the festivities " of
the everting which, .was a' profitable
one for* the Rebekahs and a very
pleasant ope for those attendirf^.
village who claimed they recognized,
his' pictures appearings, in -the daily
papers, ' Before~this^~infbrmation‘ be- -
came known. **' •' - - • •:
Later, however^ reports stated he
was a native of Bi’antford,r Ontario,
but it is now. stated that Misner,
after * leaving Lucknow, lived near
Brantford, and near Hainilton before
going to the states some thirty .years
ago. This accounts for the various
birthplaces. b€ the prisoner asi an
nounced at different times.
Those who knew the Misner family ’
state that David ’ was a son of Mrr
and Mrs. Wesley Misner,-and was
born in Ashfield. Wesley Misner, of
Holland Dutch descent, . it is said,
operated Misner’s mil! one mile west
of Crewe and later was head sawer
at Hutchison’s mill between the 9th ■
and- 10th Concessions of Ashfield.
From there he, with his .family, mov
ed to Blackhorse, where Tfras head
sawer for a season in the mill oper
ated by Mr* D. C* Taylor. From there
they came to Lucknow occupying at
different times the residence of the
late Mrs. James Boyle and the resi
dence of Mrs.-H. Griffin.
During recent years, Misner has
been looked upon as a petty gambler
and book-maker jn Covington and -
Newport, Kentucky, across the Oliio
"River from Cincinnati*
Misner's trial came to a dramtic
and rapid conclusion as . the, hearing
entered the eighth day. Misner’s two
star defense witnessed who had taken
the stand to sweat that Misner was
in Kentucky during the three days
Labatt was held by Jthe kidnappers;
made a flyT^-Thight departure from
London,. before coftipleting theit evi
dence, arid With the’alibi rudely sha
ken, and incomplete, the trial, came to
a Speedy conclusion. •-
His body tense and with his.face
white and tight-lipped, Misner, heard
his sentence, that would have been '
longer only fbr ili healtfi. He was led
away to his cell proclaiming his in-
nocertSe? -
His brother^ Richard A* Misner of
Detroit, appeared ift London on the _ ~
last day of'the trial. He stated that received word of the convictibft with- .
bis brother" -would go to. prison ^trith I but sign "of emotion, .
POLITICAL CANDIDATE FACES
INTENSE COLD IN WEST
The Western provinces during - the ;
past few weeks have been in the grip
of "intense cold, according to word re
ceived here. -
' In adding a < personal ■ note to a
recent business letter, Rev, 'Alex M.
Nicholson of. Hudson Bay, .Junction,
.Sask.,' states that he has been out-
-organizing committees since* the mid-**
die of January, travelling by team .ip
temperatures- of from 40 to. 50 below '
zero. Needless to (ay/heh-glad the.
weather, at the time of writing, had
frioderhted. '.
“Sandy” it will be recalled? received
the unanimous nomination as 6.C. F? ,. /
candidate in the next Federal election
in the McKenzie constituency ift which
regard he is conducting brganiza-?-
tion work and- in his. travels, he .adds
has had the pleasure of staying at
the homes of two former Lucknowites
Fraser MacDonald of the St. Helens’-
district and now of Paswegin and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guest of Wadena
at which home? be was extended typ
ical Bruce hospitality.
Mrs, R. E. Finlay of Saskatoon, in
renewing her Sentinel, also Comments
Upon the severe weather of the past
five weeks and also remarks upon
their eagerness td get the Sentinel,
which arrives she Says on Monday
or Tuesday and “that’s long'enough
to have io whit too.” , . ' " ,
TAfiffTipbbr lip” and Tn Tb e’bWeF^
that the Tehl kidnappers Of John
Labatt will soon "be fourid and he will
be released* ' «>. -
In. passing sentence Mr. Justice
McFarland said “Because of your age
and physical condition and because '
'Mr? Labatt was not injured aqd there
was no physical brutality, I will hoi ,
sentence jttu to the lahh/’ . r
Unshaken' in the belief' of the in--
n'ocence of her. son, his 89-year-old
mother,, and a sister living in Windsor.